"Since Metros are assembled in Ontario, it's fitting that they will be among the first cars sold in the US with Canadian style daytime running lights. Speaking of northern lights, Oldsmobile has been delivering its 1995 Aurora luxury sedan for several months now. " Well done John Davis, well done.
No doubt. That kind of poor component fitting is apparent whenever they do closeups of button presses... on American cars. Funny how Japanese cars don't seem to have that.
Marvin Harrison Smith II and daewoo isn’t Japanese sooooo, while not all Japanese cars had uniformly great fit and finish Honda and Toyota most certainly did. Note I didn’t say anything about materials quality or them being particularly nice in feel, but they were most certainly better assembled and less prone to the common ills of American cars.
It was so easy to tell which cars were American, European, and Japanese back in the day. They all had their own unique styling cues and aesthetics. Nowadays, all the cars look the same, you can’t really tell which is what unless you look at the badge.
+Yanni mouzakis And how the panel bends in! oh oh cant forget the off colored bumper either! or cant forget the how bad the dog bone was from 93 to 96 causing the exhaust to jolt like it did in the launching scene. but gota love em.
+Yanni mouzakis I thought I was the only one who noticed that, it's sad isn't it? Our neighbor has a big-ass 2000-something 1500 Silverado that we borrow now and then, and you would think the dash was made out of cardboard and old playskool toys.
TheMowgli420 yee the plastix door panels came loose but I like those body style over the newer ones. The 2015 Yukon is the only one I like of the newer ones.
The problem with all these cars is that by 2005, 90% of these cars were either in the junkyard or rotting away on sketchy used car lots in the bad part of town.
Steven Manning maybe the cadillac and olds but a good chunk of 3.8 v6 cars and the Cavaliers/sunfires are still on the road now. the interior sucks but they were reliable when taken care of
The problem with the Cavalier was that in 2005 it was only just barely going out of production. At that point it was the archetypal GM "Good Used Car".
That's what happens when you build a shit ton of cheap easy to buy easy to drive cars They lose value fast and kids and lower income citizens get their hands on em, both groups being full of irresponsible people who probably won't take care of their cars. Full disclosure i fall under both groups but i make certian that my car runs at tip top shape because i want it to last until I can pass it on to a younger cousin when they get old enough to drive.
Everyone's mom had either a Taurus/Thunderbird or Corsica/Beretta in the driveway! That was the early-mid 90s. Even as a kid I remember all of them talking about the bad mechanicals of the 4cyl Corsica. "Tell your mom not to get the 4cyl - gotta get the 6cyl".
@@danielcastaneda7801 , it would deffinitelly be a head turner right now. Cars nowadays look so boring. That Eldorado would be an object of admiration on today's roads.
No no no the Buick regal is still cruising around as is the Cavalier and sunfire and the park Avenue the cutlass. I still see a lot of them lurking around today.
YUP, in my mid 30s now with severe physical disability. I was in love with life during the 90s. I didn't know the evils the world contained. Still doesn't feel like near that long.
I was in college, just bought my first car. Still a year to go before graduation. Toad the Wet Sprocket, Crash Test Dummies, Gin Blossoms and Counting Crows
+TheZProtocol I just turned 37. Years ago I had an '82 Delta 88 Royale Brougham. God, what a tank that was. I was lucky to get more than 10 mpg in that thing. I miss it. :(
Thank you for posting this footage. I appreciate when you bring this GM footage form. I saw Ninety Eight and Eighty Eight too. I do remember when Aurora first came out on the market. This was great to see. Thank you for sharing.
Dad owned a few red Riviera coupes. Great cars, and he still has the one he bought in 1998 in that same red color. It's been sitting for a long time since it needs work and since he got an Aurora.
That was a wonderful flashback. I bought a 1995 Buick Regal Limited Sedan with the NA 3.8L V6, drove it for 21 years and sold it last month to a new owner who loves it (I kept it in top conditions) and will drive it for another 20 years!
1994-1997 were major years for GM, completely re-invented their lineup. My Dad was a GM engineer at this time. I remember all these cars, all the engineering changes, in great detail. The Aurora and Riviera were a BIG DEAL.
The view counter says that I'm #1. I concur. On another note, am I the only one who misses the Blue Chevy badges on their cars, the Gold badges on their Trucks and SUVs and the Red and Black logos on their sportier cars (with exception to the Camaro and Corvette, obviously)? Perhaps it's just sentimental childhood preferences, but I always thought that was a neat way to set apart the different types of vehicles in their line-up.
silverado badge and LT (LUXURY TOURING) were neatbadges too. not to mention the old school CHEYENNE truck badge. and my favorite interior badges are in a 99 GMC YUKON DENALI with a mountain and DENALI embroided in the beautiful leather front seat backs and the 99-00 GMC And CHEVY TRAILBLAZER- ENVOY brethrens. very unique badges and embroideries.
Never knew that about Chevys, I always wondered why they had different colored logos in the 90s. But as for the other badges (Denali w/mountains on the seats, Luxury Touring, etc.), I thought I was the only one that paid that much attention to detail! I miss those days, we just get a lot of "special edition models" now, which is OK I guess. But those models still felt more unique somehow! Maybe I'm just being sentimental. But the 90s/early 00s ruled!
So called "Special Editions" don't feel special anymore. More like "economical" editions ja!!!! The new midnight Silverado is pretty damn sexy tho!! And the classic z-71 has always been my favorite trim on gm trucks
I have a 2002 Oldsmobile Aurora with the 3.5 V6 with 170K miles that I bought in 2007. It's given my a lot of issues lately, but i love the ride and it takes me from point a to point b. I plan on owning it until it dies.
When I first came to this country I thought those Pontiac Sunfires were cool as fuck. lol. I still see this generation Cavaliers running around as well as the full size SUVs.
Most of these cars arent around anymore but I see old Sunfires and Caveliers still at my shop, they actually have long lasting engines and people still rock them if theyre poor or it's a first car for a new driver
The "Good for 100,000 miles" platinum-tipped spark plugs lasted longer than these GM models. I had a Pontiac Grand Am V6 coupe, and that didn't even last 50,000 miles due to leaky engine seals, and then having the front right tire partially detach during a freeway drive was the last straw.
Had a ASTRO from that year. 96 they changed the instrument panel, and the coolant to Dexacool. I drove it from September 95 to January 2k. the only reason I got rid of it was I made the mistake of driving in some heavy water. The 4.3 is still used in most Base model trucks.
I'd like to see more of that 3.4 powered Cutlass coupe. It's a pilot car equipped with a Heads Up Display, there were only 21 1995 Cutlass Supremes made with HUD - only pilot (first cars off the assembly line used for testing purposes) came with the HUD because Oldsmobile dropped it before the start of regular production.
Those Vortec V-6s in the Blazers were good motors, but dear lord, the build, fun factor, and materials quality on most America cars back then were just awful.
xXG.L.HXx. It's probably just Generic TV production music stylized after a certain genre of pop music. You need permission and money to use a well known piece of music for film or tv. There are companies that make original music for film and tv, and that's likely what was used here.
Yes heaven help the Northstar victims. Saw many a nice looking Northstar equipped car on the junkyard. So expensive to fix the engine, an otherwise good car was just junked.
Damn they’re making a huge deal about airbags. At this point in time, more cheap cars were receiving dual airbags as standard equipment, and more trucks and SUVs were beginning to receive a driver airbag. I can imagine car salesmen talking A LOT about airbags to customers in these days.
This video is worth watching for the rare sight of someone driving a Saturn station wagon with a helmet.
Damn 😂
I give you the Geo Metro driver wearing a helmet. Even better lol
Also a Northstar V8 that's still functional
and stock Yukon and Tahoe
@@jblyon2 No problems from my neighbors' 2004 Cadillac DeVille Northstar after 13 years of ownership.
RIP Saturn, Geo, Oldsmobile, and Pontiac
I agree :)
+Michael Coffey and Hummer
TempestZero more like good riddance.. just hoping GM GOES AWAY.
And SAAB...
ganymedeIV4 And Nash, Imperial, and Mercury. Hell, I even miss Checker!
"Radio controls for fat fingers"..he's savage. lmao
"Since Metros are assembled in Ontario, it's fitting that they will be among the first cars sold in the US with Canadian style daytime running lights. Speaking of northern lights, Oldsmobile has been delivering its 1995 Aurora luxury sedan for several months now. "
Well done John Davis, well done.
Seriously. John is teflon on the mic. Such a classic!
God, look how that plastic trim wiggles at 4:58. Gm really needed to up their game
Apparently not, all they needed was a sweetheart deal from the government.
No doubt. That kind of poor component fitting is apparent whenever they do closeups of button presses... on American cars. Funny how Japanese cars don't seem to have that.
Marvin Harrison Smith II and daewoo isn’t Japanese sooooo, while not all Japanese cars had uniformly great fit and finish Honda and Toyota most certainly did. Note I didn’t say anything about materials quality or them being particularly nice in feel, but they were most certainly better assembled and less prone to the common ills of American cars.
hey they have priorities. lol.
Recycled plastic is cheaper
It was so easy to tell which cars were American, European, and Japanese back in the day. They all had their own unique styling cues and aesthetics. Nowadays, all the cars look the same, you can’t really tell which is what unless you look at the badge.
4:58 Look at how that traction control switch wobbles!
+Yanni mouzakis And how the panel bends in! oh oh cant forget the off colored bumper either! or cant forget the how bad the dog bone was from 93 to 96 causing the exhaust to jolt like it did in the launching scene. but gota love em.
the are around the shifter even in the 2015 camaro still flexes when you press on it lol so sad
I seen that, isn't that something.. Boy it's no wonder they went under..
+matthew von do they really? Oh my, I would think they would of gotten better engineering by now.. Amazing
+Yanni mouzakis I thought I was the only one who noticed that, it's sad isn't it? Our neighbor has a big-ass 2000-something 1500 Silverado that we borrow now and then, and you would think the dash was made out of cardboard and old playskool toys.
Those old 90's Tahoe's are the best!!!
crap interiors tho
TheMowgli420 yee the plastix door panels came loose but I like those body style over the newer ones. The 2015 Yukon is the only one I like of the newer ones.
2000 to 2004 were the best to me.
The problem with all these cars is that by 2005, 90% of these cars were either in the junkyard or rotting away on sketchy used car lots in the bad part of town.
Steven Manning maybe the cadillac and olds but a good chunk of 3.8 v6 cars and the Cavaliers/sunfires are still on the road now. the interior sucks but they were reliable when taken care of
anything with a vortec or buick 3800 is probly still going
The problem with the Cavalier was that in 2005 it was only just barely going out of production. At that point it was the archetypal GM "Good Used Car".
That's what happens when you build a shit ton of cheap easy to buy easy to drive cars
They lose value fast and kids and lower income citizens get their hands on em, both groups being full of irresponsible people who probably won't take care of their cars. Full disclosure i fall under both groups but i make certian that my car runs at tip top shape because i want it to last until I can pass it on to a younger cousin when they get old enough to drive.
I see people still driving the cavalier
1995 was definitely a turning point in the overall styling of GM's lineup. GM was still largely stuck in the 80's up until then.
+Trance88 True. My mom bought a brand new '95 Chevy Beretta, and I remember it looking ancient even back then.
Everyone's mom had either a Taurus/Thunderbird or Corsica/Beretta in the driveway! That was the early-mid 90s. Even as a kid I remember all of them talking about the bad mechanicals of the 4cyl Corsica. "Tell your mom not to get the 4cyl - gotta get the 6cyl".
Yeah, I don't think GM ever made a four cylinder that was worth a crap. Nice V6s and fantastic V8s though.
Clearanceman2 The iron duke was a boss. The quad for was too
My Mom had a Dodge Dynasty back then. It was a good car to borrow for trips to concerts with friends.
The Cadillac Eldorado was such a beautiful car
Minus that North Star engine
definitely a head turner in 95 I would imagine
@@danielcastaneda7801 , it would deffinitelly be a head turner right now. Cars nowadays look so boring. That Eldorado would be an object of admiration on today's roads.
That Lumina was the tank of that era. Still see them around today. Tahoes too. All the rest are in the scrap heap.
No no no the Buick regal is still cruising around as is the Cavalier and sunfire and the park Avenue the cutlass. I still see a lot of them lurking around today.
I see a few around occasionally, but they are usually rusted out where I live.
Saturn had a good thing going for them, they actually competed with small, import cars. I wish they were still around.
I remember the Olds Aurora was a cutting edge style for the mid '90s.
Anyone else finding it hard to wrap their brains around the concept of 1995 being 20 years ago?
+Dan McCarthy
That was the year my daughter was born.
Damn.. That was when I met my wife. I was in school then... Oh dear...
YUP, in my mid 30s now with severe physical disability. I was in love with life during the 90s. I didn't know the evils the world contained. Still doesn't feel like near that long.
I was in college, just bought my first car. Still a year to go before graduation. Toad the Wet Sprocket, Crash Test Dummies, Gin Blossoms and Counting Crows
I was born in 96 and I still am of the mindset of taking 2000 and subtracting by 10, 20...etc
Oldsmobile!!! I think I am the only guy under 40 years old who loves an Oldsmobile. I love my milf, a '96 Cutlass Supreme SL sedan
You are not, I love Olds.
+TheZProtocol I'm 24 and I love Oldsmobile!
+TheZProtocol i'm 23 & like them too
+TheZProtocol im under 40 and love Oldsmobile
+TheZProtocol I just turned 37. Years ago I had an '82 Delta 88 Royale Brougham. God, what a tank that was. I was lucky to get more than 10 mpg in that thing. I miss it. :(
Thank you for posting this footage. I appreciate when you bring this GM footage form. I saw Ninety Eight and Eighty Eight too. I do remember when Aurora first came out on the market. This was great to see. Thank you for sharing.
Dad owned a few red Riviera coupes. Great cars, and he still has the one he bought in 1998 in that same red color. It's been sitting for a long time since it needs work and since he got an Aurora.
I miss the 90s
95 Saturn! My first new car! Best memories
That Cadillac Eldorado looked good as hell especially in that color combo with the chrome wheels
That was a wonderful flashback. I bought a 1995 Buick Regal Limited Sedan with the NA 3.8L V6, drove it for 21 years and sold it last month to a new owner who loves it (I kept it in top conditions) and will drive it for another 20 years!
This video just made me take off the for sale sign off my 1999 Oldsmobile Aurora still has 94,000 miles on it and in great shape silver color.
Still driving GM tech from the 90s, all four of my GM cars still work, the "youngest" is 14 years old.
Smart move. There's a good chance that one of them is driveable at any given time.
Those Cadillac Eldorados at the time were very ENVIED cars!!!
+TheSpritz0 Still like the look of them today.
Absolutely beautiful cars.
The 1995 GM Lineup in 2019: The Official Cars of store brand cereal and "I hope that I can pick up a few more shifts to get new clothes for the kids."
I didn’t come here to be attacked.
B R O W N
Any chance to get the Olds Aurora review uploaded soon? Would love to see more of it!
Motorweek, can you post more SATURN and PONTIAC videos
The Aurora is beautiful. I always been in love with that car.
Aurora of Oldsmobile is diferent car
Anyone else notice the background music sounds like Billy Idol's "Flesh For Fantasy?"
Hahaha!! Yes! That was my if thought! I want to know who's playing on that background track.
Damn I miss my Aurora! I had the 96 year model maroon color with the tan leather interior.
Comparing the way that Aura looks to some of those other cars it's hard to believe the were even made in the same decade.
I feel bad for anyone who bought that Northstar V8, especially when GM had the virtually bullet proof 3.8 V6
Aurora was a plush ride.
1994-1997 were major years for GM, completely re-invented their lineup. My Dad was a GM engineer at this time. I remember all these cars, all the engineering changes, in great detail. The Aurora and Riviera were a BIG DEAL.
4:59 That's so typical of a 90s GM interior. Press a button and the whole panel moves.
I still got my Lumina green color! Still like brand new
Was a popular color. 😑
The view counter says that I'm #1. I concur.
On another note, am I the only one who misses the Blue Chevy badges on their cars, the Gold badges on their Trucks and SUVs and the Red and Black logos on their sportier cars (with exception to the Camaro and Corvette, obviously)? Perhaps it's just sentimental childhood preferences, but I always thought that was a neat way to set apart the different types of vehicles in their line-up.
i miss that too!!
silverado badge and LT (LUXURY TOURING) were neatbadges too. not to mention the old school CHEYENNE truck badge. and my favorite interior badges are in a 99 GMC YUKON DENALI with a mountain and DENALI embroided in the beautiful leather front seat backs and the 99-00 GMC And CHEVY TRAILBLAZER- ENVOY brethrens. very unique badges and embroideries.
Never knew that about Chevys, I always wondered why they had different colored logos in the 90s. But as for the other badges (Denali w/mountains on the seats, Luxury Touring, etc.), I thought I was the only one that paid that much attention to detail! I miss those days, we just get a lot of "special edition models" now, which is OK I guess. But those models still felt more unique somehow! Maybe I'm just being sentimental. But the 90s/early 00s ruled!
Agreed !!!!
So called "Special Editions" don't feel special anymore. More like "economical" editions ja!!!!
The new midnight Silverado is pretty damn sexy tho!! And the classic z-71 has always been my favorite trim on gm trucks
Not a GM fan, but I'd take the Aurora
Those saturns...ugly as teal sin but I still see them lurking around every now and then. I hear the 5 speed dohc ones were fun
I still have mine going over 300k original owner and it won't die
They forgot the Astro/Safari, which had _major_ changes in '95.
Ahh the mid-90s . . .when Americans were easier to please.
+David “Derpy Drift” Adams Yess. Touch screens, leather, and heated everything even in economy cars now, in 1995 power windows were a "luxury."
+SuchANiceGirl22 And now basic repairs on so called economy cars exceed the entire replacement price of my 1985 Buick LeSabre.
Good cars. I had a 95 Saturn SL1, gave it away just before 300k. You couldn't kill that car.
Well, at least we got the Sunfire/Cavalier, Alero and, of course, the 4.3 Blazer.....
Shame that Pontiac was discontinued.
4:58 gotta appreciate gm's outstanding switchgear action from the 90's. My mom went to test drive a Lumina APV, just sitting inside she said "no way".
The seeds of bankruptcy 14 years later...
so many brands that are gone now lol
I don't know why but I like Oldsmobile Cutlass convertibles and coupes from the 90s.
I have a 2002 Oldsmobile Aurora with the 3.5 V6 with 170K miles that I bought in 2007. It's given my a lot of issues lately, but i love the ride and it takes me from point a to point b. I plan on owning it until it dies.
170k miles in 5 years. My god
All of these cars are still on the road in 2015!! and the SAturn was my mom's car in 2004 hahahaha
My grandma had a white 1995 Lumina. It didn’t take long for the white paint to start peeling all the way down to the primer.
Great video I miss watching this show
One of the cleanest eldo's ever made. It looks modern but still looks like a proper Cadillac.
Ok the the background music sounds like Billy Idol's 80's song "Flesh For Fantasy".
I own a 97 Trans Am M6. It's fun.
When I first came to this country I thought those Pontiac Sunfires were cool as fuck. lol. I still see this generation Cavaliers running around as well as the full size SUVs.
I always thought they looked like jr Firebirds too, but they needed a more powerful engine
Miss Saturn. They had such good momentum.
Most of these cars arent around anymore but I see old Sunfires and Caveliers still at my shop, they actually have long lasting engines and people still rock them if theyre poor or it's a first car for a new driver
Good throwback. I love the Firebirds but God those buttons @ 05:00 had so much play in them they look like they broke after the first month.
It feels like GM was at the top of their game in 95. Wonder what the hell happened
The "Good for 100,000 miles" platinum-tipped spark plugs lasted longer than these GM models. I had a Pontiac Grand Am V6 coupe, and that didn't even last 50,000 miles due to leaky engine seals, and then having the front right tire partially detach during a freeway drive was the last straw.
My first car was a new 1995 Olds Cutlas Supreme!
Had a ASTRO from that year. 96 they changed the instrument panel, and the coolant to Dexacool. I drove it from September 95 to January 2k. the only reason I got rid of it was I made the mistake of driving in some heavy water. The 4.3 is still used in most Base model trucks.
Loved the 95 saturn sl2 5 speed.
I'd like to see more of that 3.4 powered Cutlass coupe. It's a pilot car equipped with a Heads Up Display, there were only 21 1995 Cutlass Supremes made with HUD - only pilot (first cars off the assembly line used for testing purposes) came with the HUD because Oldsmobile dropped it before the start of regular production.
The Geo Metro is the biggest fucking joke of a car ever made.
2:19 "canadian style day-time running lights" lol ooo the 90's
Those Vortec V-6s in the Blazers were good motors, but dear lord, the build, fun factor, and materials quality on most America cars back then were just awful.
I want the Saturn wagon!
The soundtrack is Black Denim by Christian Leroux & Daniel Darras.
I miss 1995! I am seeing many positive Aurora remarks in the comments. I'm glad it's not just me that sees the Aurora as beautiful!
I have had a '92 88, '94 Regal coupe, '99 Monte Carlo and currently have an '89 Reatta.
Saturn interior "adventuresome and, well, cool" LMAO
Hey where is the Chevrolet Caprice?
Left off this preview because the '95 was unchanged from '94 I guess.
Lol, gotta love a Geo Metro ripping it on a track
forgot to mention astro/safari van facelift for 95
2000-2005 Monte Carlo SS review
Man this episode was full of puns !
Highly regarded North star LOL
Seems like it wasn't long ago this stuff was the newest thing, man I feel old
Lambs think most of these vehicles were junk.
+Upeedina Lamb lambs were saying that back in the 90s when they were new too
Flesh for fantasy backing track haha!
Why did they neglect to include the C/K pickup?
Or the freshened Astro/Safari Van?
The Aurora. No giant grill like today's cars.
I like the music for this episode.
Who's the artist/name of the background soundtrack?
xXG.L.HXx. It's probably just Generic TV production music stylized after a certain genre of pop music. You need permission and money to use a well known piece of music for film or tv. There are companies that make original music for film and tv, and that's likely what was used here.
Sounds like their using Billy idols music! Sounds like flesh for Fantasy!
Nothing like the GM full line video of 12 years before. That took 20 minutes and presented 50 models
please make a retro review of the 1994 to 1996 firebird trans am please
When you buy Billy Idol - Flesh for Fantasy from Wish
Its too bad the Auroras has junk transmissions. They could have been great.
Nutz4Gunz45 Are there any better direct fit swappable trans?
Transmissions weren't the worst. Engines were junk. Fine thread short head bolts screwed into aluminum? WTF was GM thinking?!
They had nice styling
Yes heaven help the Northstar victims. Saw many a nice looking Northstar equipped car on the junkyard. So expensive to fix the engine, an otherwise good car was just junked.
@@anandsihra that damn northstar engine was horrible in those aurora.
@4:58
Solid trim right there
Megatron I thought it was just me. GM at its finest.
Do they have an actual review of the aurora???
Holy crap at 1:50 the cavalier almost under steered off the road
+AvivaAllegro The road just couldn't keep up with the blistering performance of that Cavalier.
Damn they’re making a huge deal about airbags. At this point in time, more cheap cars were receiving dual airbags as standard equipment, and more trucks and SUVs were beginning to receive a driver airbag. I can imagine car salesmen talking A LOT about airbags to customers in these days.
The El Dorado is the only sedan from this video that still looks half decent
"Cavalier.....potential sleeper small car of the year" hahahaha
love the old intro
Do people wear safety helmets in cars in the US?
I remember wanting a white 2 door sunfire.